diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 4522b268592..e54f293e5ff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ v 8.12.0 (unreleased)
   - Use the default branch for displaying the project icon instead of master !5792 (Hannes Rosenögger)
   - Adds response mime type to transaction metric action when it's not HTML
 
+v 8.11.3 (unreleased)
+  - Allow system info page to handle case where info is unavailable
+
 v 8.11.2 (unreleased)
   - Show "Create Merge Request" widget for push events to fork projects on the source project
 
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 68547b6fac8..194379dd687 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -349,5 +349,5 @@ gem 'paranoia', '~> 2.0'
 gem 'health_check', '~> 2.1.0'
 
 # System information
-gem 'vmstat', '~> 2.1.1'
+gem 'vmstat', '~> 2.2'
 gem 'sys-filesystem', '~> 1.1.6'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 5511d718938..0c28975060c 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ GEM
       coercible (~> 1.0)
       descendants_tracker (~> 0.0, >= 0.0.3)
       equalizer (~> 0.0, >= 0.0.9)
-    vmstat (2.1.1)
+    vmstat (2.2.0)
     warden (1.2.6)
       rack (>= 1.0)
     web-console (2.3.0)
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   unicorn-worker-killer (~> 0.4.2)
   version_sorter (~> 2.1.0)
   virtus (~> 1.0.1)
-  vmstat (~> 2.1.1)
+  vmstat (~> 2.2)
   web-console (~> 2.0)
   webmock (~> 1.21.0)
   wikicloth (= 0.8.1)
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/system_info_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/system_info_controller.rb
index e4c73008826..ca04a17caa1 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/system_info_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/system_info_controller.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ class Admin::SystemInfoController < Admin::ApplicationController
   ]
 
   def show
-    system_info = Vmstat.snapshot
+    @cpus = Vmstat.cpu rescue nil
+    @memory = Vmstat.memory rescue nil
     mounts = Sys::Filesystem.mounts
 
     @disks = []
@@ -50,10 +51,5 @@ class Admin::SystemInfoController < Admin::ApplicationController
       rescue Sys::Filesystem::Error
       end
     end
-
-    @cpus = system_info.cpus.length
-
-    @mem_used = system_info.memory.active_bytes
-    @mem_total = system_info.memory.total_bytes
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/system_info/show.html.haml b/app/views/admin/system_info/show.html.haml
index 6956e5ab795..bfc6142067a 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/system_info/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/system_info/show.html.haml
@@ -9,12 +9,20 @@
       .light-well
         %h4 CPU
         .data
-          %h1= "#{@cpus} cores"
+          - if @cpus
+            %h1= "#{@cpus.length} cores"
+          - else
+            = icon('warning', class: 'text-warning')
+            Unable to collect CPU info
     .col-sm-4
       .light-well
         %h4 Memory
         .data
-          %h1= "#{number_to_human_size(@mem_used)} / #{number_to_human_size(@mem_total)}"
+          - if @memory
+            %h1= "#{number_to_human_size(@memory.active_bytes)} / #{number_to_human_size(@memory.total_bytes)}"
+          - else
+            = icon('warning', class: 'text-warning')
+            Unable to collect memory info
     .col-sm-4
       .light-well
         %h4 Disks
diff --git a/spec/features/admin/admin_system_info_spec.rb b/spec/features/admin/admin_system_info_spec.rb
index f4e5c26b519..1df972843e2 100644
--- a/spec/features/admin/admin_system_info_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/admin/admin_system_info_spec.rb
@@ -6,12 +6,49 @@ describe 'Admin System Info' do
   end
 
   describe 'GET /admin/system_info' do
-    it 'shows system info page' do
-      visit admin_system_info_path
+    let(:cpu) { double(:cpu, length: 2) }
+    let(:memory) { double(:memory, active_bytes: 4294967296, total_bytes: 17179869184) }
 
-      expect(page).to have_content 'CPU'
-      expect(page).to have_content 'Memory'
-      expect(page).to have_content 'Disks'
+    context 'when all info is available' do
+      before do
+        allow(Vmstat).to receive(:cpu).and_return(cpu)
+        allow(Vmstat).to receive(:memory).and_return(memory)
+        visit admin_system_info_path
+      end
+
+      it 'shows system info page' do
+        expect(page).to have_content 'CPU 2 cores'
+        expect(page).to have_content 'Memory 4 GB / 16 GB'
+        expect(page).to have_content 'Disks'
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when CPU info is not available' do
+      before do
+        allow(Vmstat).to receive(:cpu).and_raise(Errno::ENOENT)
+        allow(Vmstat).to receive(:memory).and_return(memory)
+        visit admin_system_info_path
+      end
+
+      it 'shows system info page with no CPU info' do
+        expect(page).to have_content 'CPU Unable to collect CPU info'
+        expect(page).to have_content 'Memory 4 GB / 16 GB'
+        expect(page).to have_content 'Disks'
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when memory info is not available' do
+      before do
+        allow(Vmstat).to receive(:cpu).and_return(cpu)
+        allow(Vmstat).to receive(:memory).and_raise(Errno::ENOENT)
+        visit admin_system_info_path
+      end
+
+      it 'shows system info page with no CPU info' do
+        expect(page).to have_content 'CPU 2 cores'
+        expect(page).to have_content 'Memory Unable to collect memory info'
+        expect(page).to have_content 'Disks'
+      end
     end
   end
 end